Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-02-20, 01:52

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Today I've soldered the mt32-pi midi HAT board for the Raspberry Pi. Tomorrow I'll play a lot of MIDIs on that. Filename E05DF636-8F8C-4543-8950-0346D4D23E0C.jpeg File size 1.26 MiB Views 791 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-07, 20:16

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Some Lego for nerds - PCBs for retro projects. D94BB27C-46EB-4A2E-9ED2-85A6692FA1AC.jpeg Necroware's Silly Sound Bastard (covox clone) Necroware and Phil's Voltage Blaster for -5V supply Snark Barker (SB 1.0 clone, I bought also elements from the BoM) Alt12887 (replacement for Dallas RTC) Monotech …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-05, 19:08

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Some new stuff: Two Socket 3 boards 80AF2994-C07C-4E4B-9083-C159AC128151.jpeg A few Socket 7 boards 84464634-6E1C-488E-B9AF-453D00E1311A.jpeg 22085100-651D-4940-86D8-9A9501238468.jpeg Bunch of random cards A2547887-C85E-4CAC-B74C-5CC15A5BE38D.jpeg Big Chungus E4E69895-B867-4F2B-9A1A-CB32842185CD. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-02, 23:37

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Bought the Compaq Armada 7792DMT. I have a crush on white laptops, but this one needs some help. Keyboard, trackpoint and hinges needs a magic touch. Filename E48A3691-1D7C-402D-994D-673B182C42BB.jpeg File size 646.02 KiB Views 425 views

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-01-30, 19:59

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by seleryba

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Today I cleaned the ZX Spectrum+ which has just arrived. Rather quickly than perfect - it was so dirty that I decided to do it immediately. Also I've fixed the plastic legs on this machine. Filename 901B1763-E6DC-4A6F-9E48-C083417F8AA7.jpeg File size 1.81 MiB Views 788 views Filename E01F13D4-63E3- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-30, 00:22

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by seleryba

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That's LMSI, not LMS Not really - it was LMSI but it later changed to LMS: Laser Magnetic Storage International (LMSI) was a subsidiary of Philips that designed and manufactured optical and magnetic media.[1] It began as a joint venture between Philips and Control Data Corporation.[2] It later …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-29, 22:20

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I got two computers recently I love small 386 machines. This looks similar to some small-factor Unisys computer which I adore. Got some new stuff. First of all, Philips LMS CM206 2x CD-ROM + CM260 controller for it. Never seen that interface before zakup1.jpg Optimus-branded BTC 5139 E5XKBM10140. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-24, 17:30

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Got some laptops to restore: 2x IBM Thinkpad 600. Both has CMOS battery to replace, one has two vertical lines on LCD. Should be fixable, I've done that before. Also a classic sticky feeling because of rubbery coating back in the days. It's easy to remove that, but needs some time. lap1.jpg IBM …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-23, 18:32

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And a Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 with additional memory on the sandwich. Looks like a most powerful thing in the world. Virge VX on board. Filename 613A0A15-9E54-445E-9894-64A5E5123EE3.jpeg File size 1.81 MiB Views 500 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-23, 18:31

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I've bought some nice things. First of all, two original Dizzy games on the cassette for the ZX Spectrum: D83616DE-CC12-4979-80B3-F38F3D6634C9.jpeg Two Ensoniq AudioPCI 3000 with ES1370. First model of a long line. Native 44kHz with top samples, great DOS compatibility and shitty Adlib emulation. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 23:04

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Also, I've cleaned the STB Horizon 64 with Falcon64 chip on it. There was also no video. I've removed the EPROM, cleaned the pads carefully (DIP and PCI as well), checked the BIOS with XGEcu programmer. After that, this atypical card works just fine. falcon1.jpg Could you please let me know the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 22:18

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I can start figuring out what on earth I could possibly use this little machine for That's so common thought in my retro journey. Anyway, often the hardware without any idea from my side turns out very inspirational for the other projects. I had this feeling with IBM PC 5140 Convertible - how on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-09, 21:50

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Got some "new" stuff 4418877C-F970-465D-9A15-7A21616F04B1.jpeg Asus P5KPL-AM SE Radeon X1550 2x Nvidia Quadro4 NVS400 PCI Mobo is for the W98 775 build which I plan to do with Xeon Quad and GF7900. I feel that the Quadro4 should in theory behave like a FX5200, so for a PCI card that would be great. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-01-09, 00:57

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I made some XT IDE cards with my 3com 3C509B ISA network adapters. One with 8-bit ROM and one with 386+. Filename FF40B961-9DEF-4F51-BD16-27ACB5831B2A.jpeg File size 181.42 KiB Views 591 views Filename 04AFB9B7-7B43-4DE0-8074-868339EDF01B.jpeg File size 213.59 KiB Views 591 views Filename 3B97F884- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-08, 23:24

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Got some Aureal Vortex cards Filename 83B9FF67-3A37-4350-B638-66134E1AE4D6.jpeg File size 381.61 KiB Views 692 views

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Painless driver installation - what do you use?

Posted on 2021-10-08, 23:17

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by seleryba

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As the inventory of old hardware pieces grows, I consume a lot of time installing the drivers on those. My typical "run" looks like that: - find and download all needed drivers (easy for e.g. Thinkpad, hard for OEM notebooks) - burn those on CD (cry a lot for the machines without cd drive, but let's …

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Re: Opti 82c929 Soundcard - missing OSC

Posted on 2021-10-07, 23:10

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I have a similar one - there are two: 16.9344 Mhz and 24.576 Mhz. Check which one you have as X1 and you'll have X2's value.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-13, 16:24

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This Gigabyte board has a self-destruct feature where a voltage regulator fries any caps nearby. Hopefully a perfect pair for the gorb after recapping. 522.jpg The GA-BX2000, love it, have some sentiment especially for the Dual Boot logo on startup. Could you say more about its design issue? I have …

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Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected

Posted on 2021-07-08, 00:32

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by seleryba

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S423 P4 1.5 GHz + some cheap ECS board for it. Good stuff.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 07:22

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Nice to see another Toshiba fan. Yours packs a fair bit of power, especially the tft panel can do 16bit color. But I have to ask, why did you change from CCFL to LED? My T4400C's CCFL does need a little 2 minute "warm up time," but after that it's crisp and bright. Whites are also, surprisingly, …

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